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Progressive Era Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the result of Upton Sinclair's book the Jungle

a)

Pure Food & Drug Act

b)

Interstate Commerce Commission

c)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

d)

Volstead Act

2.
Laissez-faire means
a)

government regulation of business

b)
government owns businesses
c)
government does not interfere with business
d)
government only controls food industry
3.

What is the significance of initiative, recall, and referendum?*

a)

increase power to the citizens

b)

expand voting rights to the Chinese

c)

expand suffrage to women

d)

low interest rate loans to farmers

4.
A modern day muckraker would be a:
a)
police man/woman
b)
politician
c)
farmer
d)
reporter/journalist
5.
What is W.E.B. DuBois greatest accomplishment?
a)
creation of NAACP
b)
creation of SNCC
c)
creation of vocational education
d)
creation of Tuskegee Institute
6.

How did Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?

a)

government worked to end child labor

b)

federal troops ended Coal Strike

c)

increased food regulations

d)

break up of railroad monopolies

7.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony are best known for

a)

popular singing duo

b)

fighting lynching

c)

settlement houses in Chicago

d)

women's suffrage

8.

Ida B. Wells is known for

a)

fighting for voting rights of Californians

b)

fighting lynching and equality

c)

vocational education

d)

settlement houses in Chicago

9.
Reformers of the Progressive Era wanted to reduce corruption in government by creating an amendment that provided for—
a)
 Voting rights for African Americans
b)
term limits for Congress
c)
2 terms for the President
d)
direct election of Senators
10.
Prohibition of Alcohol
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
11.

Act that stopped the growth of monopolies with clear language about big business

a)

Interstate Commerce Act

b)

Meat Inspection Act

c)

Silva Aguero Act

d)

Pure Food & Drug Act

12.

"The Jungle" - Exposes conditions of meatpacking industry

a)

Lincoln Steffens

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Jane Adams

d)

Upton Sinclair

13.

Based on the excerpt, with which sttement would Steffens agree?

a)

Political machines have corrupted many of America's cities.

b)

City officials are doing a good job at exposing sources of corruption.

c)

Progressive reforms have successfully eliminated most sources of urban corruption.

d)

Americans are no longer willing to tolerate the corrupt practices of political machines.

14.

Which of the following is NOT a part of Theodore Roosevelt's progressive reform deal?

a)

Control Corporations

b)

Consumer protection

c)

Clayton's Anti-Trust Act

d)

Conservation of natural resources

15.

Who was responsible for informing the public of the appalling working conditions of meat packing plants with the book "The Jungle?"

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Ida Tarbell

16.

Who outlined the Progressive reforms of the American public and gave his presidential campaign the name "Square Deal?"

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

William McKinley

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

17.

What woman was responsible for creating many settlement houses, most notably the Hull House?

a)

Carrie Nation

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Ida Tarbell

18.

What name was given to the group of investigative reporters who wrote books, news articles or magazine articles to persuade public opinion about corrupt businesses or government?

a)

Unionists

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Suffragists

d)

Socialists

19.

Who wrote The History of Standard Oil, a book which describes how John D. Rockefeller used ruthless business practices in the oil industry?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Lincoln Steffens

20.

Look at the following diagram, which shows reforms sponsored by two presidential administration, and answer the question below.


Which action best describes a reform supported by President Woodrow Wilson?

a)

reorganization of the banking and monetary systems

b)

adoption of a bimetallic standard and paper currency

c)

legislation to increase tariffs and eliminate income taxes

d)

regulations requiring equal pay for minorities and women

21.

16th Amendment

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Direct Election of Senators

c)

Federal Income Tax

d)

Prohibition

22.

17th Amendment

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Direct Election of Senators

c)

Federal Income Tax

d)

Prohibition

23.

18th Amendment

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Direct Election of Senators

c)

Federal Income Tax

d)

Prohibition

24.

19th Amendment

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Direct Election of Senators

c)

Federal Income Tax

d)

Prohibition

25.

Look at the following list, which shows the goals of a movement from the early 1900's , and answer the question below.

-Abolish child labor

-Restrict working hours for mothers

-Enact public health programs

-Raise wages for workers

These goals are MOST closely associated with which movement?

a)

Civil Rights

b)

isolationist

c)

Social Gospel

d)

temperance

26.

In the cartoon above, President Theodore Roosevelt is depicted doing which of the following?

a)

Standing guard to protect big business

b)

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

c)

Leading a government take-over of large industries

d)

Putting an end to industries that might harm the environment

27.

A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to....

a)

stimulate the economy

b)

support government control of factory production

c)

encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe

d)

correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society

28.

What was the effects of labor laws?

a)

Ended child labor, funds for unemployed workers, increased teacher’s salary

b)

Ended child labor, 8 hour work day, and set minimum wage for women

c)

Ended child labor, increased work hours to 18 hours, decreased women’s wages

d)

Ended child labor, increased male wages, increased vacation pay

29.

What is the purpose of a labor union?

a)

Organization made up of workers to protect them in the workplace

b)

Organization made up of business owners to make rules for employees

c)

Organization of women who fought for the right to vote

d)

Organization of farmers who work together to improve farming techniques

30.

The N.A.A.C.P. was created by

a)

Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair

b)

Ida B Wells and W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller

d)

Teddy Roosevelt and William Taft

31.

Free silver, income tax, direct primaries, government ownership of RRs were the goals of

a)

Democrats

b)

Populist Party

c)

Republicans

d)

Whigs

32.

The idea that Christians had a duty to help poor people was called

a)

Social Gospel

b)

Gospel of Wealth

c)

Gospel of Jesus

d)

morality

33.

Places in cities like Chicago that provided social services to immigrants, poor and women were called

a)

settlement houses

b)

assimilation schools

c)

tenements

d)

urban living homes

34.

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

a)

helped regulate the railroad commission

b)

broke up 90 monopolies

c)

helped people find jobs

d)

provided for selection of some government employees by exams

35.

This presidents did the following: passed the Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, US Forest Service

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

36.

This president did the following: promised a New Freedom, passed the 19th Amendment

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

37.

This president accomplished the following: passed the 16th Amendment, broke up 90 trusts, supported the direct election of senators

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

38.

This amendment provided for the collection of income tax:

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

39.

The suffragist who in 1873 claimed she had the right vote under the 14th Amendment

a)

Mary Todd Lincoln

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Ida B Wells

d)

Susan B Anthony

40.

A direct vote in which an entire electorate (the people) is invited to vote on a particular proposal.

a)

Initiative

b)

Referendum

c)

Recall

41.

A procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before that official's term has ended.

a)

Initiative

b)

Referendum

c)

Recall

42.

A process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and constitutional amendments on the ballot.

a)

Initiative

b)

Referendum

c)

Recall

43.

On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill creating the government agency described in the excerpt below.


"to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."


Which government agency is described by the excerpt?

a)

Environmental Protection Agency

b)

National Park Service

c)

Department of the Interior

d)

State Department

44.

The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 protected Americans from certain abusive practices of -

a)

banks

b)

corporations

c)

government officials

d)

union leaders

45.

Present known for Conservation efforts

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William McKinley